PC-002-495

Samarkand Persian Hotel, Santa Barbara, California

 

1920s

 

 

This is one of a series of cards that all have the same color and contrast effect as if seen through filtered light. The courtyard of the Samarkand consists of a formal garden with a small pond. Beyond it is a circular pergola surrounding a larger pond, and buildings on either side with arched entrances. The hotel operated from 1920 to 1940. According to one of its promotional flyers, the name means "heart's desire." It had been Prynce Hopkins's "Boyland II," a private boys' school, starting in 1915. After he moved to Europe in 1918, his mother Mary Hopkins turned the property into a hotel, then sold it by 1937 to Alma Spreckles, after which it changed hands frequently, pausing only to be occupied by the Marines during World War II. The site was partially turned into a housing development, but 16 acres became a 21st-century retirement community with the same name.

Santa Barbara; The Samarkand Hotel; The Samarkand retirement community; Hotels; Private schools; Boys' schools; Retirement Communities

2550 Treasure Drive

California - Santa Barbara

 

 

MS-0008

 

The Neuner Corporation, Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

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TIFF

21.15 MB